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Ben Nelson ad tries to undo damage as poll shows him losing in 2012 by 30%

What’s Ben “Reid’s b#tch” Nelson to do about this troublesome poll showing him trailing to a challenger in 2012 by a whopping 30%?  Why, start telling us how awesomely McAwesome ReidCare is, of course!  Snippet from the Nelson ad:

“With all the distortions about health care reform, I want you to hear directly from me,” the Democratic senator says in the ad.

Nelson, dressed in an open-necked shirt and sweater, speaks directly into the camera during the 30-second ad.

…”I listened to you and took a common-sense approach to improve the bill.

Yeah…”listened to you”:

Nelson’s health care vote is clearly dragging his numbers down. Just 17% of Nebraska voters approve of the deal their senator made on Medicaid in exchange for his vote in support of the plan. Overall, 64% oppose the health care legislation, including 53% who are Strongly Opposed. In Nebraska, opposition is even stronger than it is nationally.

Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters in the state believe that passage of the legislation will hurt the quality of care, and 62% say it will raise costs.

With polls now showing opposition to ObamaCare at a good solid B+ (and by “B+”, I mean 58%), Nelson cannot even begin to claim he’s “listening to” his state.  At least there will be one near-guaranteed pickup of a Senate seat in 2012.

December 30, 2009 Posted by crushliberalism | big government, health care | 2 Comments